Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY
128 CXUS55 KRIW 031646 CLMRIW CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1012 AM MDT FRI MAY 03 2024 ...PRELIMINARY MONTHLY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR RIVERTON FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... ...OFFICIAL CLIMATE DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS FROM THE NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION (HTTP://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV/CDO- WEB/DATASETS). UNOFFICIAL ASOS DAILY SUMMARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=RIW ...RIVERTON WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN APRIL.... THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR RIVERTON IN APRIL WAS 46 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE 5TH WARMEST APRIL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WARMEST READING FOR THE MONTH WAS 74 DEGREES ON THE 13TH AND 14TH. THE HIGH ON THE 12TH OF 73 BROKE THE 2003 RECORD OF 72. THE COLDEST READING WAS 21 DEGREES ON THE 20TH. PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.44 INCHES...WHICH IS 37 PERCENT OF NORMAL. IT WAS THE 4TH DRIEST APRIL SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1998. THE WETTEST 24-HOURS WAS THE 26TH-27TH WHEN 0.33 INCHES FELL. NO PRECIPITATION OR SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN. SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.1 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS THE 1ST WITH 0.1 INCHES OF SNOW. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH AND OCCURRED ON THE 6TH FROM THE NORTHWEST. ...THE RIVERTON WY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 85 04/24/2012 LOW 2 04/03/2020 HIGHEST 74 04/13 04/14 LOWEST 21 04/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.1 56.8 2.3 AVG. MINIMUM 32.8 30.1 2.7 MEAN 46.0 43.5 2.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 14 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 3.31 2016 MINIMUM 0.10 2007 TOTALS 0.44 1.20 -0.76 1.70 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.04 -0.03 DAYS >= .01 6 DAYS >= .10 1 DAYS >= .50 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.33 04/26 TO 04/27 STORM TOTAL 0.29 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTALS 0.1 MM MM SINCE 7/1 35.8 MM MM SNOWDEPTH AVG. T DAYS >= 1.0 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 563 647 -84 SINCE 7/1 7021 7435 -414 COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 .............................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.0 RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 3/310 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 44/310 DATE 04/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/310 DATE 04/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.33 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 19 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 6 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 50 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 5 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. LOOKING AHEAD TO MAY 2024. THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON THE FIRST OF THE MONTH IS 61 DEGREES...AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 34 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE HIGH BY THE END OF THE MONTH IS 73 DEGREES AND THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE IS 44. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION IS 1.92 INCHES. $$